“The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.”

“A girl's life was defined by lines: fine lines, hairlines, bikini lines, class lines, the tightrope line between being a good girl and a slut. But there was always a moment when the lines blurred and a good girl had to decide whether to toe the line, cross the line, or stay safe behind the line that guarded her virtue.”

“With Stefan, the line between good and evil, right and wrong, becomes increasingly blurred.”

“I am a firm believer that there is rarely a straight line between good and evil.”

“There’s a narrow line between love and hate sometimes, you know. And it can be crossed unwittingly.”

“We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection of situational temptations. We invest human nature with God-like qualities, with moral and rational faculties that make us both just and wise. We simplify the complexity of human experience by erecting a seemingly impermeable boundary between Good and Evil.”